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Period: Mid-20th Century
'Vintage Bridge, ' by Unknown, Black & White Photography
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 15.5" x 12.5" black and white vintage photograph depicts a dramatic bird's-eye view of an unknown bridge. The composition shows the bridge vertically, as the bridge continues fu...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black and White Vintage 1960s Photography, Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 12" x 8" vintage gelatin silver photograph of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who founded, edited, and wrote for Playboy.
An historical photo...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Playful Jayne Mansfield
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Playful recolored print of Jayne Mansfield smiling with hands and knees on floor.
Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actress. She was also a singer and n...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Vintage Chemistry Set
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s photograph featuring an abstract shot of scientific apparatus in a chemistry lab.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
Wh...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Johnny Cash Smoking and Playing at Folsom Prison
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of singer Johnny Cash smoking while visiting Folsom Prison circa 1968.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edi...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
An Anxious Wait (1951) -Silver Gelatin Fibre Print -Estate Stamped Issue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). 2nd April 1951: American actress, Gloria Swanson, anxiously awaits the results of the Best Actress award at a cafe on West ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen in Donovan's Reef
Located in Austin, TX
John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen in Donovan's Reef, circa 1963.
Donovan's Reef is a 1963 American adventure comedy film starring John Wayne and Lee Marv...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Acqua e Fantasia, 1962 - Roma - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
An impressive flood of the Tiber had already battered the pontoons of the few rowing clubs in the city. The raging wav...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tania Mallet
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Ma...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cannes Watersports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren - Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Venice 1955
Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Absolutely Exquisite large 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic Hahnemühle pho...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Cuba, Havana, Two Black and White Photographs, Waiting for Fidel Castro
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Waiting for Fidel Castro, 1959 by American photographer Burt Glinn is a series of (2) photos, each photo is 9.5" x 12” - they are gelatin silver RC press prints, authenticated by the...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder -- Mark Shaw photographed Elizabeth Taylor for the October 15, 1956 cover of LIFE ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Giclée
Grace Kelly at the London Airport
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Grace Kelly posed waving and smiling out the window of a car, circa 1965.
Grace Kelly also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Broadway Show Stars - Famous 1980 NY Times full page photograph DNC welcome
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph - this is the famous photograph published full page in the New York Times of the Broadway Show Cast Members in...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cannes Cannes Girls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Cannes Girls
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York Debutante, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a New York debutante having her headpiece pinned.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Lambda
It Happened at the World's Fair, Movie with Elvis, Original Lobbycard
Located in Cologne, DE
This iconic Lobbycard captures a romantic moment between Elvis Presley and Joan O'Brien in the Seattle World's Fair setting, featuring them seated at a table in the Space Needle rest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color
"Bardot" by Reg Lancaster
Located in London, GB
"Bardot" by Reg Lancaster
French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stage name of Camille Javal, dancing in a scene from the film 'Two Weeks In September' with Mike Sarne.
Unf...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Venice Gondolas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Venice Gondolas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Mag...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool realized in the 1960s.
Photo by Charles Daws
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Underwater with Jellyfish
Located in New York, NY
Underwater with Jellyfish
1960s/2022
Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso
Digital C-print
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
$4,500
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
It Happened at the World's Fair, Movie with Elvis, Original Lobbycard
Located in Cologne, DE
The Lobbycard features a romantic scene between Elvis Presley and Joan O'Brien from the movie It Happened at the World's Fair. It depicts an iconic moment that highlights the popular...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color
Audrey Hepburn in Pool, 1966 by Terry O'Neill
Located in Chicago, IL
Audrey Hepburn having a swim during a break from filming Stanley Donen’s 1967 work ‘Two for the Road’ in St Tropez.
Limited edition silver gelatin print
Paper size: 16 H x 20 W inc...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor Driving Car
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor driving car from the movie scene "Giant", circa 1956.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directe...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Cocktails at Hotel Du Cap'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cocktails at Hotel Du Cap
1978 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-R...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Italian Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Italian Holiday
1969
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento, holidays with family and friends on a luxury yacht in Porto Ercole, Tusc...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vogue Dive 1944 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Dive 1944
A Vogue fashion shoot featuring a model jumping on a diving board wearing a bright 1940's yellow floral bikini, Florida USA 1944
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Natalie Wood Classic Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth captured this classic image of Natalie Wood in 1952. At this point Wood was already a star having starred in films including Miracle on 34th Street as a child but had not...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
View of San Francisco from the bay, 1962.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph showcases the distinctive skyline of San Francisco as seen from the waterfront, likely captured during the 1960s. The image captures a series of high-...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City.
This i...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong
1959
A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(fr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Satin Seduction Ladies Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed.
unframed...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Digging for Clams' 1960 Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, with a sailboat on the sand behind them and joined by their dog in Massachusetts Bay...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe'
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oz Tennis Stars Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City.
This i...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jayne Mansfield in Garden - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting 7, Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bert Stern
Title: Marilyn Monroe -The Last Sitting
Year: 1962 (printed 2009)
Medium: Color Photograph, signed and numbered in red crayon
Edition: 12...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean Cocteau and Sphinx, Testament of Orpheus
Located in New York, NY
Lucian Clerque 's fascination with light and shadow is evident.
In 1959, Clergue captured historic and artistic photographs on the set of Jean Cocteau's last film "Testament of Orph...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Artists (and partners) Robert Indiana and William Katz in bed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artists and partners Robert Indiana and William Katz in bed with their pet cat, 1969. An amazing intimate documentary photo of a famous gay couple...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage press realized in the 1950s.
London.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rue Mouffetard - Diptych. Black and White Photographs. Fashion. Paris
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard - Diptych by Uwe Ommer
Individual size: 23.62 in. H x 15.74 in. W
Overall size: 23.62 in. H x 31.48 in. W
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Katharine Hepburn, Hollywood Actress 1950s, Black and White Portrait Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn photographed the 1950s Hollywood actress and star Katharine Hepburn during the filming of Tennessee William's "Suddenly Last Summer." The iconic Hepburn is captured joking...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful image of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a wall while behind the scenes of 'How to Marry a Millionaire'
In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in se...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Saguaro National Park, 1962.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photo from 1962 shows a desert scene in Saguaro National Park, dominated by towering saguaro cacti. In the foreground, a person is standing beside a large saguaro...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Black Hippie Girl, Bethesda Fountain
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, Bethesda Fountain on weekends was a gathering place for the radical and hip people of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regulars...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall at Villa Capri
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall smiling while having a meal at a cafe, 1957.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Platinum
Louis Falco in "Timewright" 1969
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century photograph of modern dancer Louis Falco in his classic work "Timewright". Copyright stamped and dated 1969 and personally signed by Jack Mitche...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society
Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woman in 18th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
This is an estat...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Eleuthera Pool Party - Slim Aarons - Bahamas - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eleuthera Pool Party' by Slim Aarons
LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT
Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front.
Guests at the French Leave...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
"Peek-A-Boo Beatles" by R. McPhedran
Located in London, GB
"Peek-A-Boo Beatles" by R. McPhedran
14th June 1965: The British rock group The Beatles stand in a window at Twickenham Film Studios, Middlesex. L-R: Georg...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Montmartre in Paris, 1955 Black and White Original Photograph Postcard
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier. Artistic view of Montmartre district in Paris, 1955. In the background is the dome of the Sacré-Coeu...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Postcard, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiers At Verbier - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo b...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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